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PutinCon is happening now on YouTube, and no, it’s not pro-Putin

You'd be forgiven for thinking an event called “PutinCon” is all about paying tribute to Vladimir Putin. After all, Comic-Con is a world-famous celebration of comic books, and people who attend SantaCon tend to be pretty keen on St. Nick (if not too drunk to express it without vomiting). Fortunately … …

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YouTube

Head of YouTube Music says a subscription service is coming (because Google doesn’t have …

For many people, YouTube is their primary source for music. The release of YouTube Red a few years back made the listening experience better by ditching the ads. It also includes some non-music video content. Then there's Play Music, which includes Red. Now, Google's Lyor Cohen says in a talk …

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YouTube

KSI vs Logan Paul: The inside story on two of YouTube’s biggest stars and the biggest white collar …

Twenty four-year-old KSI has been engaged in a war of words with Logan Paul, the 22-year-old YouTuber famous for uploading a video of a suicide victim to YouTube, triggering a temporary ban from making money on the site, since calling out the American after defeating Joe Weller, another YouTuber, … Read …

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LinkedIn

Why Fridays Are the Best Day to Network on LinkedIn

Why Fridays Are the Best Day to Network on LinkedIn. Want to connect with a … Job seekers should pay particular attention to this information when it comes to trying to connect with employers on LinkedIn. … Asking strangers for something is a huge no-no and the fastest way to …

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LinkedIn

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn teams up with Google to offer classes for Android developers

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn today posted an interesting learning course, where developers can take their skills to the next level and learn more about coding for Android devices. The course is endorsed by Google, and LinkedIn promises it can help advance your career and help you stay ahead of … Read More

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LinkedIn

Linkedin for Lawyers

Are you using Linkedin wrong? In this report from On The Road at ABA TECHSHOW 2018, host Laurence Colletti talks to Dennis Kennedy and Chuki Obiyo about how to use Linkedin to its full potential. Their discussion of the social platform includes leveraging connections, responding to articles, and … Read More

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Instagram

Meet the 19-Year-Old Behind the Most Ridiculous Instagram Eyebrow ‘Trends’

Last month, an Instagram account called @skyzeditz posted images of two Instagram beauty influencers with “fishtail brows.” Then Huda Kattan, who has almost 25 million followers and is the founder of Huda Beauty, posted a picture of herself with the negative-space Spock brows and attributed them to … Read More

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Instagram

Scolding female scientists for embracing Instagram doesn’t solve the gender gap in STEM

Yesterday, Science Magazine published an op-ed about why one woman doesn't use Instagram for science outreach. The answer, according to this writer, is that women do science communication (or scicomm) because they are forced to by sexism, and, also, these women use too many emoji. This is a … Read More

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Instagram

Call Me By Monet: how Instagram hybrids turned pop into art

First there were the memes. Then there were the funny animal videos. Now, a third wave of Instagram accounts has arisen; that of the high/low-culture hybrid, a beast that sees Hogwarts wizards decked out in Dior, and the lovers of Call Me By Your Name transplanted into the landscapes of …

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Vigilante paedophile hunters snare pervert posing as a police officer to meet a boy, 9 – as …

A PERVERT who posed as a policeman online to lure a nine-year-old boy for sex at a deserted railway station was snared by vigilante paedophile hunters. Video footage shows the moment they confronted baby-faced predator Callum Bates, 18, after he sent graphic WhatsApp chats spelling out what he … Read More

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